Charles H. Stirneman outside the Nissan Hut he shared with Leo Dale Rush, John Guldemond, Thomas Lemmon, Walt Foster and Burma in Earls Colne, England. The sign above the door says "Black Hole of Calcutta". The photograph was taken on the only day it snowed that winter, 31st March 1944. Stirneman was from San Bernadino, California. He was killed about 6 weeks later in a midair collision over the North Sea, in April 1944. It is believed that the Nissen hut, noted as "8" was located in Site No. 13 on the British Air Ministry's site plan for Earls Colne Airfield.
Collection of Lt. Leo Dale Rush, Jr.
31st March 1944
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